"Most users just don't know they can set up least-privilege accounts in Windows today, and that's just a sad reality."
I wonder if this could have anything to do with the fact that the user interfaces, OS messages, and help files are not "user friendly" and written in mysterious GeekSpeak that the average user doesn't understand.
I might be a bit dated here, but back in the day, all the hardware geeks read IEEE and other trade magazines. Perhaps a press release to a similar publication for software developers or even buying an ad might best reach your target audience.
"The browser wars will ocne again be determined by populartiy..."
Look at it this way: If MS puts real tabbed browsing in IE, the majority of users will become familiar with it. Then, when they hear that Firefox, Opera, and ??? also have this feature (which they now know what it is) AND are more secure against identity theft and other evils, they are more likely to take notice and investigate.
The smartest move Mozilla could make with Firefox is to make the default skin look and feel like IE. Then the clueless could make a painless and transparent transition.
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Actually, this "no letters on the keys" thing is not a new idea. I saw typewriters in a high school typing class that were set up that way, just blank keys. Manual typewriters, they were.
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Was the parent modded at -1, or was that the starting score? I didn't think you could post at lower than 0. Anyway, radon seems a valid question.
Wouldn't it be nice if Microsoft just released the IE source and made it open source so we could either fix vulnerabilities ourselves or enjoy the rapid response of the oss community.
Hunters have used radio tracking collars for years to keep "track" of expensive hounds, bird dogs, etc. "Inexpensive" is relative, but figure on approx. $500 U.S.
Not that anyone wants to waste mod points helping the local leper colony, let alone visit there, the parent is at least as informative and interesting as the primary duplicate story.
The site itself, http://www.technocrat.net/ has been down since 11 May 2005. I cannot find any other annoucement, and Bruce's personal site also remains down.
Bias of Slashdot editors is a time-proven fact. Which is okay in the overall scheme of things--it is their website, after all.
Nonetheless, as a service to those with an interest, I offer the following (which the editors chose not to post):
11 May 2005: Bruce Perens, owner of Technocrat.net, a site based on the Slashdot model and running the same open source Slashcode http://www.slashcode.com/, has shut down the site, citing declining readership and lower than expected growth. Sometimes touted as "a more mature Slashdot," the site carried news and discussion on topics ranging from politics to technology, and many involving biological sciences. This blog article http://bre.klaki.net/dagbok/faerslur/978545404.sht ml suggests Perens might be making a mistake shutting down the site because syndication offerings through RSS feeds and other technology obscure the actual number of readers. The article contains more info and a letter to Perens about the shutdown. On a side note, as of this posting Perens' personal website http://www.perens.com/ was inaccessible.
"The papers aren't written for most of the audience anyways; they're written to impress reviewers."
This is, IMHO, a manifestation of the "publish or perish" paradigm so prevalent in academia. I read quite a few academic papers (in a broad range of fields), and most of them are so full of fluff and BS that finding the substance is like peeling an onion.
Most academicians and the papers thereof are so full of it (and I do not mean "information technology" that to even a well-versed engineer, biologist, or other professional, the aggravation of wading through all the high-sounding crap crafted to "impress reviewers" (as the parent pointed out) just isn't worth it.
Who but another academician is impressed by or interested in a paper written in such esoteric terms that one must ressurect the textbooks to even know what the hell they are writing about?
What I don't get is the big mystery. According to TFA: "Country Fire Authority spokesman Peter Philp said the leaky iPod had been taken away for testing by CFA investigators."
I know most of us here assembled are sick of all this software licensing crap. Slashdotter jokes notwithstanding, we are some of the most intelligent people on the planet. What say we combine that intellect and come up with a way to combat all this software patent madness?
First suggestion: Elect a steering committee to form an organization/lobbying group.
I hesitate even asking this because it probably insults your skills, but, not knowing your skill level, did you turn off System Restore (Win XP) before attempting manual removal? After you successfully remove the malware, reactivate System Restore.
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You have reinforced my point.
Try saying what you wrote to a non-geek user. The ensuing blank stare could thwart the machinations of Medusa.
"Most users just don't know they can set up least-privilege accounts in Windows today, and that's just a sad reality."
I wonder if this could have anything to do with the fact that the user interfaces, OS messages, and help files are not "user friendly" and written in mysterious GeekSpeak that the average user doesn't understand.
...don't have floppy disks.
I might be a bit dated here, but back in the day, all the hardware geeks read IEEE and other trade magazines. Perhaps a press release to a similar publication for software developers or even buying an ad might best reach your target audience.
Actually, I recall from an episode (TNG?) that the ground forces and navy were combined to create Star Fleet.
I think it should have been "whose."
You're probably right. It's been so long since I first installed Firefox, I honestly do not remember what the default skin looked like.
"The browser wars will ocne again be determined by populartiy..."
Look at it this way: If MS puts real tabbed browsing in IE, the majority of users will become familiar with it. Then, when they hear that Firefox, Opera, and ??? also have this feature (which they now know what it is) AND are more secure against identity theft and other evils, they are more likely to take notice and investigate.
The smartest move Mozilla could make with Firefox is to make the default skin look and feel like IE. Then the clueless could make a painless and transparent transition.
But, what do I know.
What happened to the 12th step?
Oh, wait...
Actually, this "no letters on the keys" thing is not a new idea. I saw typewriters in a high school typing class that were set up that way, just blank keys. Manual typewriters, they were.
Was the parent modded at -1, or was that the starting score? I didn't think you could post at lower than 0. Anyway, radon seems a valid question.
There is a way to fix that http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/02/windows_me ssenger_trojan_update/
Wouldn't it be nice if Microsoft just released the IE source and made it open source so we could either fix vulnerabilities ourselves or enjoy the rapid response of the oss community.
Hunters have used radio tracking collars for years to keep "track" of expensive hounds, bird dogs, etc. "Inexpensive" is relative, but figure on approx. $500 U.S.
See some of the brands available at http://www.gundogsupply.com/tracking-collars.html
Not that anyone wants to waste mod points helping the local leper colony, let alone visit there, the parent is at least as informative and interesting as the primary duplicate story.
The site itself, http://www.technocrat.net/ has been down since 11 May 2005. I cannot find any other annoucement, and Bruce's personal site also remains down.
(shrug)
Bias of Slashdot editors is a time-proven fact. Which is okay in the overall scheme of things--it is their website, after all.
t ml suggests Perens might be making a mistake shutting down the site because syndication offerings through RSS feeds and other technology obscure the actual number of readers. The article contains more info and a letter to Perens about the shutdown. On a side note, as of this posting Perens' personal website http://www.perens.com/ was inaccessible.
Nonetheless, as a service to those with an interest, I offer the following (which the editors chose not to post):
11 May 2005: Bruce Perens, owner of Technocrat.net, a site based on the Slashdot model and running the same open source Slashcode http://www.slashcode.com/, has shut down the site, citing declining readership and lower than expected growth. Sometimes touted as "a more mature Slashdot," the site carried news and discussion on topics ranging from politics to technology, and many involving biological sciences. This blog article http://bre.klaki.net/dagbok/faerslur/978545404.sh
My,my,my, how the arrogance of ignorance defends itself.
"The papers aren't written for most of the audience anyways; they're written to impress reviewers."
This is, IMHO, a manifestation of the "publish or perish" paradigm so prevalent in academia. I read quite a few academic papers (in a broad range of fields), and most of them are so full of fluff and BS that finding the substance is like peeling an onion.
Most academicians and the papers thereof are so full of it (and I do not mean "information technology" that to even a well-versed engineer, biologist, or other professional, the aggravation of wading through all the high-sounding crap crafted to "impress reviewers" (as the parent pointed out) just isn't worth it.
Who but another academician is impressed by or interested in a paper written in such esoteric terms that one must ressurect the textbooks to even know what the hell they are writing about?
I get it, it's the same process whereby you get an infinite improbability drive, right?
What I don't get is the big mystery. According to TFA: "Country Fire Authority spokesman Peter Philp said the leaky iPod had been taken away for testing by CFA investigators."
Have they never heard of exploding capacitors?
I know most of us here assembled are sick of all this software licensing crap. Slashdotter jokes notwithstanding, we are some of the most intelligent people on the planet. What say we combine that intellect and come up with a way to combat all this software patent madness?
First suggestion: Elect a steering committee to form an organization/lobbying group.
What do you think?
Not, not relativity, but the ultimate bestiality-robot sex-masturbation pr0n website.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of cyberntic arms networked with a porn site featuring mattress monkeys...
I hesitate even asking this because it probably insults your skills, but, not knowing your skill level, did you turn off System Restore (Win XP) before attempting manual removal? After you successfully remove the malware, reactivate System Restore.